Stem

Leaves

Young twigs and petioles produce a milky exudate. Leaf blades about 10-14 x 2.7-6 cm. Midrib +/- flush with the upper surface of the leaf blade. Oil dots numerous, one or more per reticulation. Young shoots and terminal bud glabrous.

Fruit

Fruit about 3-16 mm diam., seeds about 1-1.5 mm long.

Seedlings

Features not available.

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to Australia, occurs in WA and NT and perhaps extends east into NEQ (the Gulf of Carpentaria Region). Altitudinal range small, from sea level to 300 m. Grows in swampy open forest country or in close proximity to watercourses. Sometimes occurs in gallery forest or on rain forest margins.